Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Judge Juan Marchand on Thursday tried to manipulate a jury made up of former President Donald Trump’s associates into convicting him of some crime.
We don’t know exactly yet. whatMarchant told the jury: agree As for what exactly Trump did wrong, it’s a matter of individually picking out the prosecutors’ (vague) theory of what other crimes must have been committed to turn a misdemeanor into a felony.
Basic fairness was violated multiple times during the trial: Judge Marchan did not allow the defense to call expert witnesses to testify that no federal campaign finance laws had been violated, and he repeatedly silenced the defense while condoning serious prosecutorial violations, including multiple outright lies in closing statements.
Not to mention the indulgence in Stormy Daniels’ graphic and totally unrelated testimony.
In this context, it is easy to see why the jury did not realize that the only testimony showing Trump’s criminal intent – absolutely necessary for a conviction – came from Michael Cohen, a self-confessed habitual liar who admitted to having a personal vendetta against the defendant.
Bragg’s team also hasn’t proven that Trump actually falsified business records.
All things should The sentence could be overturned on appeal, but for now, President Biden’s campaign can and will refer to Trump as a “convicted felon” every minute until Election Day.
In other words, Bragg and Marchan exploited the justice system entirely for purely political purposes.
Bragg ran on a pledge to defeat Trump and has worked with Biden’s Justice Department to revive a case his predecessor refused to bring, one that focused on charges the federal government had declined to pursue and was tried in a courtroom where the judge’s daughter is a Democratic activist.
The judge once again proved to be in favor of the prosecution.
Another big unknown is whether the verdict will actually hurt Trump’s chances of winning in November. Some polls even suggest that a conviction would hurt Trump’s chances of winning. help It’s sure to push him into the lower echelons of voters, because it’s evidence that Democrats are using the justice system as a weapon against him.
That’s certainly true.
And even voters enraged by Trump’s January 6 election have been given a reason to choose him over Biden, because this loafer campaign (along with Hunter Biden and the perversion of justice to protect Joe) is a vile attack on the pillars of our democracy.
Incidentally, the left has long attacked the legitimacy of the entire U.S. Supreme Court simply because some of its decisions have not gone over well with progressives.
The rule of law, including fair courts and ethical prosecutors, is fundamental to the survival of our republic and to confidence in our democracy.
But most of the modern Democrats Biden leads (or is leading) only About power.
Biden’s other mishaps aside, that alone is reason enough for the public to vote for him on Election Day.
